Banderite

English

Etymology

First attested in 1951. Borrowed from Ukrainian банде́рівець (bandérivecʹ) +‎ -ite, from the surname of Stepan Bandera, a Ukrainian nationalist leader. Compare Russian банде́ровец (bandɛ́rovec).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): [ˈbændəɹaɪ̯t]

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Noun

Banderite (plural Banderites)

1. A member of, or one who subscribes to the ideas of, the political movement of Stepan Bandera.

   Synonyms: Banderist, Banderovite

   • 2004, Evgenii D. Moniushko, David M. Glantz, From Leningrad to Hungary: Notes of a Red Army Soldier, 1941-1946, page 92:

     Shooting could not be avoided both times when we took into custody suspicious persons who turned out to be Banderites

2. (sometimes derogatory) A nationalist Ukrainian.

Translations

a member of Stepan Bandera's movement

• Armenian: բանդերական (banderakan)
• Belarusian: бандэ́равец m (bandéravjec), бандэ́раўка f (bandéraŭka)
• Czech: banderovec m, banderovkyně f
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• Finnish: banderiitti
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• German: Banderist m
• Hungarian: banderista
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• Polish: banderowiec (pl) m, banderówka f
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• Russian: банде́ровец (ru) m (bandɛ́rovec), банде́ровка (ru) f (bandɛ́rovka)
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• Ukrainian: банде́рі́вець m (bandérívecʹ), банде́рі́вка f (bandérívka)

Adjective

Banderite (comparative more Banderite, superlative most Banderite)

1. Of or related to Stepan Bandera or his political movement.

   Synonyms: Bandera, Banderist, Banderovite

Usage notes

Although the term is usually neutral in academic English, it is sometimes derogatory, especially in the context of the Soviet Union, Russia, or Eastern Ukraine.

Translations

of or related to Stepan Bandera or his political movement

• Armenian: բանդերական (banderakan)
• Belarusian: бандэ́раўскі (bandéraŭski)
• Hungarian: banderista
• Polish: banderowski (pl)
• Russian: банде́ровский (ru) (bandɛ́rovskij)
• Ukrainian: банде́рівський (bandérivsʹkyj)

Related terms

• Banderism
• Judeo-Banderite
• Zhydo-Banderite

See also

• Hetmanite, hetmanite
• Hetmanist, hetmanist
• Mazepite, mazepite
• Melnykite, Melnikite
• Melnykist, Melnikist
• Petliurite
• Petliurist
• Ustashe